Findings of the UGF Monitoring 2017
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Interactive Map of Uzbekistan
REGIONS OF COTTON PRODUCTION
1
Autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan
Capital: Nukus
Population: 1 711 800
Working population: 984 800 (57,53 %)
Tonnes of raw cotton collected in 2015: 188 000
2
Navoiy Region
Capital: Navoiy
Population: 888 400
Working population: 545 500 (61,40 %)
Tonnes of raw cotton collected in 2015: 110 000
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3
Kashkadarya Region
Capital: Qarshi
Population: 2 831 300
Working Population: 1 618, 100 (57,15 %)
Tonnes of raw cotton collected in 2015: 420 000
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4
Khorezm Region
Capital: Urgench
Population: 1 653 800
Working Population: 922 100
Tonnes of raw cotton collected in 2015: 258 000
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5
Bukhara Region
Capital: Bukhara
Population: 1 729 700
Working population: 1 030 000 (59,55 %)
Tonnes of raw cotton collected in 2015: 342 000
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6
Surkhandarya Region
Capital: Termiz
Population: 2 260 600
Working Population: 1 284 300 (56,81 %)
Tonnes of raw cotton collected in 2015: 335 600
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7
Samarkand Region
Capital: Samarkand
Population: 3 380 900
Working population: 1 952 800 (57,76 %)
Tonnes of raw cotton collected in 2015: 228 700
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8
Namangan Region
Capital: Namangan
Population: 2 458 700
Working Population: 1 474 300 (59,96 %)
Tonnes of raw cotton collected in 2015: N/A
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9
Jizzakh Region
Capital: Jizzakh
Population: 1 205 000
Working population: 696 300 (57,78 %)
Tonnes of raw cotton collected in 2015: 224 000
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10
Syrdarya Region
Capital: Guliston
Population: 750 600
Working population: 440 800 (58,73 %)
Tonnes of raw cotton produced in 2015: N/A
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11
Tashkent Region
Capital: Tashkent
Population: 2 695 700
Working population: 1 588 600 (58,93 %)
Tonnes of raw cotton collected in 2015: 255 400
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12
Andijan Region
Capital: Andijan
Population: 2 756 400
Working Population: 1 637 200 (59,40 %)
Tonnes of raw cotton collected in 2015: 293 100
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13
Fergana Region
Capital: Fergana
Population: 3 329 700
Working Population: 1 940 800 (58,29 %)
Tonnes of raw cotton collected in 2015: 280 000
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The Issue at Stake
Uzbekistan’s Forced Labor System of Cotton Production
Every year, the Uzbek government forcibly mobilizes over a million citizens to grow and harvest cotton. Farmers are forced to grow cotton and deliver production quotas under threats of penalty, including the loss of the lease to farm the land, criminal charges and fines. Over a million citizens are forced to pick cotton and deliver harvest quotas under threat of penalty, including expulsion from school, job loss, and loss of social security benefits…